Bolton Wanderers 2-1 Watford

Owen Coyle expressed his delight after his Bolton side put defeat at Hull behind them with a solid home win against Watford. "It should have been three, four nil. In the second half we sat a bit deep and they scored a fluky goal. It was so one-sided in the first half. We were all disappointed after the Hull game but we know are capable of winning every match." The result leaves Watford 17th, one point above the bottom three, but Gianfranco Zola thought they deserved something from the game. "The way we played in the second half, I think we deserved more."

Hull City 4-1 Millwall

Steve Bruce warned his Hullside not to let their standards slip after they failed to build on a blistering first-half. Jay Simpson, Abdoulaye Faye and Sone Aluko struck in a frantic finish to the opening period to put the game beyond the visitors, but Bruce was unhappy his players failed to add to the scoreline after the break. "The human brain is a funny thing when something gets too easy, and that's what we saw in the second half. The second half was exactly the opposite of what we wanted." Millwall's manager, Kenny Jackett, said: "Maybe we should have gone to 4-4-2 sooner."

Nottingham Forest 2-2 Birmingham City

Lee Clark was left to lament Birmingham's loss of two goals and two points in the last 17 minutes as Nottingham Forest came back to maintain their unbeaten run. "A point away from home is a good result, but when you're 2-0 up with little over 15 minutes left to play it's very disappointing. The players were excellent but we were guilty of dropping too deep, giving the initiative to the Forest lads … and they took it." Forest's manager, Sean O'Driscoll,said: "You have to give credit to Birmingham. They came with a game plan. But it was a good response from us."

And the rest

Peterborough's manager, Darren Ferguson, threatened to replace his entire defence after a 5-2 demolition at Burnley. "They're not listening to me. It's really unlike me to criticise my players in public, but it's six defeats in a row now. It's embarrassing." ■ Huddersfield's manager, Simon Grayson, confirmed he is still trying to sign Jermaine Beckford on loan from Leicester after watching his side beat Derby 1-0. ■ And Middlesbrough made it three successive home wins by beating Ipswich 2-0.